Vehicle for transporting velocipedes



A INVENTOR. Sara 5. Hawkins Mfa:

HTTORNZYS Feb. 17, 1953 s. B. HAWKINS VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTINGVELOGIPEDES Filed Oct. 27. 1948 Patented Feb. 17, 1953 OFFICE VEHICLEFOR TRAN SPORTING VELOCIPEDES Sara B. Hawkins, Tampa, Fla.

Application October 27, 19 1.8, Serial No. 56,713

3 Claims. 1

My present invention relates to a hand drawn vehicle especially adaptedfor transporting a childs velocipede such as atricycle and having meansfor mounting the velocipede thereon in such manner that a child may ridethe velocipede and pedal the same, thus simulating forward movement ofthe velocipede, while the actual movement is under control of the personin charge of the vehicle.

More specifically, my invention contemplates a vehicle of the characterdesignated having mounted on the frame or load carrying deck thereof aroller bed on which the front wheel of the velocipede rests, thuspermitting the front wheel to rotate as the child pedals, together withsuitable means to removably secure the velocipede to the deck of thevehicle.

A further object of my invention is to provide a vehicle of thecharacter designated which embodies a generally flat deck narrow enoughat its rear end to permit the rear wheels of the velocipede to overhangthe sides thereof, whereby the rear of the velocipede is supported withthe usual cross axle or cross frame of the same resting on the narrowend of the deck, and with its front wheel resting on the roller bed,together with a strap or the like for removably securing the velocipedeto the deck of the vehicle.

A vehicle illustrating the features of my invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this application in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of my improved vehicle, partly brokenaway and in section, and

showing a velocipede in place thereon;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view;

Fig. 3 is a plan view partly broken away;

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken generally along line V--V ofFig. 3 and drawn to an enlarged scale; and,

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken generally along line VI-VI ofFig. 5.

Referring now to the drawings 'ior a better understanding of myinvention, my improved vehicle comprises a flat frame or deck Illsupported on wheels H. The wheels ll may be rotatably mounted on axlesl2, and the deck l0 may be raised above the axles by means of U-shapedbrackets 13. At the rear of the vehicle is a handle M by means of whichthe same may be pushed or pulled. The deck I!) is narrower at its rearend as indicated at 16 than at the forward end I1.

Adjacent the forward end I! I provide in the deck 10 a longitudinallyextending slot l8. Be-

neath the deck I0, and on either side of the slot 18, I provide achannel l9 having a plurality of openings 2| therein forreceiving thereduced ends22 of a plurality of rollers 23. -The rollers 23 arerelatively closely spaced, and are rotatably journalled in the anglesl9.

In use, the velocipede 24 is placed with the front wheel 26 thereof inthe slot 18, and resting on the rollers 23. Therear wheels 21 of thevelocipede overhang the narrow end 15 of the deck, and the axle or crossframe 28 of the velocipede rests on the deck. 'Ifhe velocipede is nowsecured in place by means of a strap 29 passing through suitableopenings 3| in the deck, and provided with a buckle 32. The slot is isof sufficient width to freely pass the wheel 26 whereby a child mountedon the velocipede may pedal the same. The child is thus entertainedwhile the person in charge of the vehicle moves the same by the handlel4. When desired, the strap 29 may be quickly released and thevelocipede lifted off the vehicle for use in the normal way.

It is to be noted that the elongated slot and the narrow end of theframe It permits my improved vehicle to take velocipedes havingdifferent lengths of wheel base. Likewise, since the wheels 21 of thevelocipede overhang the sides of the narrow end of the deck, thevelocipede is securely anchored in place by the single strap 29. Whilenot essential to the functioning of my improved vehicle, I preferablymake the handle [4 rigid with the remainder of the framework of thevehicle whereby the front wheels ll may be raised by pushing downwardlyon the upper end of the handle, thereby to aid in moving the vehicleover curbs and similar obstructions.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have devised an improvedvehicle for transporting a childs velocipede which is simple andeconomical of construction, and in which various sizes of velocipedesmay be transported thereon in such manner that a child may entertainitself by pedaling the velocipede and yet be under control of the personin charge of the vehicle.

Likewise it will be apparent that the velocipede is easily and quicklyattached to and detached from the vehicle, and that no structuralchanges in the velocipede are necessary in mounting the same.

While I have shown my invention in but one form, it will be obvious tothose skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptibleof various changes and modifications, without departing from the spiritthereof, and I desire,

3 therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereupon as arespecifically set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. For use in transporting a velocipede of the type having two rearwheels and a single front wheel, a deck, supporting wheels for the deck,there being a longitudinally extending narrow slot in the deck f a widthrotatably receiving the periphery of the front wheel of thevelocipedeand restraining said front wheel against transverse movement relative tothe deck, a roller bed beneath the slot on which the front wheel adaptedto be rotatably supported, and releasable means on the vehicle deck tosecure the velocipede to the deck with its front wheel in said slot andresting on said roller :zbe'd.

type having a pair of rear wheels and-a single front wheel, a deck,supporting wheels for the deck, there being "a narrow "longitudinally'extending slot in the deck adjacent the forward end thereof of awidthrotatably receiving *Ithe periphery of the 'front wheel o'f thevelocipede and restraining said front wheel against transverse movementrelative to the deck, a plurality of closely spaced rollers beneaththedeck extending transversely'of the slotpn'which the front wheel of thevelocipede is adapted to be rotatably supported, and a releasableconnector 'on the deck for securing the velocipede to the deck with thefront wheel thereof in said slot and resting on said'rollers.

3. For use in transporting a velocipede of the type having a pair ofopposed rear wheels and a single front wheel, a generally fiat decksufficiently narrow at its rear end for the rear wheels of thevelocipede to overhang the sides thereof, there being an elongatedlongitudinally extending slot located on the longitudinal center line ofthe vehicle deck adjacent the forward end thereof and of a width tofreely pass the periphery of thefront wheel, a roller bed beneath theslot for rotatably supporting the front wheel of the velocipede, a strapsecured to the deck for removably securing the velocipede to the deckwith its front wheel "in the slot and resting on the roller bed.

and a handle rigidly fixed to and upstanding from the *rear of thevehicle.

SARA B. HAWKINS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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